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Winter in Buenos aires might be comparable to some places in the mediterranean like nice that i wouldnt call "gloomy" by any means. The sunshine in BA and in those places in mediterranean is evenly distributed through the year and does not follow the pattern of those places in USA and northern europe of very sunny summers/very gloomy winters
And, imo, they are super bright! by far the best time of the year, and also the period in where it rain less, and the lower sunshine hours are due to the fact that the days are shorter.
You CANT say by any means that BA winters are "gloomy", what should people in northern europe should say then?
BA's climate is more like Sydney (but with hotter summers and cooler winters) - or maybe more like a more temperate Brisbane, warm temperate/sub-tropical rather than Mediterranean, with the rainfall maximum in summer.
The Christmas I spent in Nicaragua, the beaches were standing room only on Christmas Day. Everybody went to the beach, even poor people who only went to the beach once a year. Weather there is the same, summer and winter.
Yeah going to the beach on Christmas is an Aussie tradition too.
No real big holidays in the middle of July, although school holidays occur then. If they can many head north or to warmer climes abroad, Bali, Thailand, Fiji.etc. There's this rather silly thing called 'Christmas in July' that is more of a commercial event. I mean without snow does it make a difference? lol
But yes, we Antipodeans equate Christmas with summer and hot weather. Barbies by the beach, playing cricket, that sort of thing. Boxing Day is a big day with huge post Christmas sales (mad rushes to stores like your 'Black Friday'). Also the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Boxing Day Test Match and the release of a lot of movies at the cinema. It's also a public holiday.
Yeah going to the beach on Christmas is an Aussie tradition too.
No real big holidays in the middle of July, although school holidays occur then. If they can many head north or to warmer climes abroad, Bali, Thailand, Fiji.etc. There's this rather silly thing called 'Christmas in July' that is more of a commercial event. I mean without snow does it make a difference? lol
But yes, we Antipodeans equate Christmas with summer and hot weather. Barbies by the beach, playing cricket, that sort of thing. Boxing Day is a big day with huge post Christmas sales (mad rushes to stores like your 'Black Friday'). Also the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Boxing Day Test Match and the release of a lot of movies at the cinema. It's also a public holiday.
oh yes, you also forgot to point out how winter in BA is much much warmer than in NY, so, while they might have sunshine there too, they actually have seasons, and feel the difference and the real cold in the winter, while here we dont feel the cold at all. So, again, confirming my point. No need to brigthen up anything cause we have no winter.
I think this is in reference to the fact that the seasons are reversed.
While it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it's summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
By the way, the OP is from San Francisco, whose winters are similar to the ones in Buenos Aires in terms of temperature, and where the annual range is very low.
Yes, and even though it never gets really cold here, I do find myself appreciating those festive Christmas lights at times like this, when it's cloudy and relatively chilly (10C) and it gets dark at 5pm.
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